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MAGAZINE FIRE ARM.

Patented Aug. 27, 1889.

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i VCHARLES PIERRE NEI-VTON VEATHERBY, OF NET YORK, N. Y.

MAGAZIN E Fl RE-ARM.

Y SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,889, dated August 27, 1889.

. Application filed October 24, 1887. 'Serial No. 253,173. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES PIERRE NEW- TON XVEATHEEBY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The said improvements relate, rst, to the magazines, two of Which are employed, one being located in the butt-stock and the other under the barrel. with a cut-or, so that cartridges may be taken from the magazines alternately or all may Y be taken from one before any are taken from the other magazine, and when both magazines are closed the gun may be used as an ordinary breech-loader; second, to the magazine-tubes which are formed with wave-cor rugations on the bottom or side, so that the point of one bullet cannot strike against the primer of the neXt preceding cartridge; third, to a double irregular immovable incline, by which the cartridges from the front and rear magazines are guided in their transfer to the barrel; fourth, to the loading and extracting device, which consists of a bolt formed with a lip and a solid extracting-hook, by which means the cartridges from either magazine are held and forced into the barrel and the shells Withdrawn; fifth, to the device for lookin g the bolt, and, sixth, to the constru ction of the trigger.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a longitudinal section ot a fire-arm. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the bolt drawn back. Fig. 3 is a side elevation With the bolt pushed in and locked. Fig. 4 is a detailed view of the bolt. Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the difterent positions taken by the cartridge in loading from. the front and rear magazines. Fig. 6 is a detail of the lock for holding the bolt from turning Vto side or dropping from the rear.

A is the barrel; B, the breech-piece; C, the front part of the bolt; D, the rear part of the bolt; E, the bolt-lever; F, the bolt-iin; f, the

Each magazine is provided notch in the end of the tin for holding the bolt. g g are the cooking-notches G, the tiringpin; t t, spring on iring-pin; I, the extractor; l, a lip on the bolt; K, an inclined recess in the chamber; L, a space through which cartridges are loaded and shells extracted; M, the rear magazine; N, the front magazine; m, corrugations in the roar magazine; O, a slide for closing the rear magazine; P, a slide for closing the front magazine; o, a push-button on rear-magazine slide; p, a push-button on front-magazine slide. Q is the scar; q, Sear-spring; R, the trigger; S, the magazinespring; X, the double irregular incline; T, a slide Jfor locking bolt; s, a push-button for operating slide T; t', a recess in side of bolt to receive locking-slide T; N, a catch on end of sear for holding cartridges in the rear magazine. 'V is the stock of the firearm; IV, a recess into which the cartridge falls when being ejected.

The two magazines M N are located in front and rear of the irregular incline X. These magazines are provided With cut-off slides O P, operated by push-buttons 0 p. These buttons, as shown, are operated separately by hand; but they may be made to operate automatical'ly in such a manner that one Will be closed While the other is opened. The cartridges are forced forward by spiral spring S when the slide O or P is opened. The rearmagazine tube is formed with Wave-corrugations m, as shown, for the purpose ot' preventing the bullet-point of one cartridge striking against the primer in the next preceding cartridge. By this construction the form of the cartridge is preserved and the danger of accidental discharge is avoided. The frontmagazine tube may also be provided with similar corrugations.

The double incline X is formed of an irregular shape, as shown, for the purpose of i ICO with the lip J, formed on or secured to the bolt7 seizes hold of the cartridge that has been forced up the irregular incline by the magazine-spring. The extractor is so beveled as to conform to t-he beveled recess K, formed in the chamber of the barrel, so as to solidly press the extracting-hook on the rim of the cartridge-shell.

The locking-piece T nts into a recess t on the side of the bolt, to prevent the same from turning or dropping out when the gun is used for drilling purposes. This locking of the bolt prevents accidental discharge and the emptying of the chamber.

The trigger R is formed with a solid ring in one end, through which the cartridges pass into and out of the rear magazine.

The magazines are filled from the same aperture L, and the cartridges are retained in the rear magazine by a catch XV on end of sear Q, and in the front magazine by lip .I on part C of the bolt. W'hen illed, the two magazines are closed by means of slides O P, and the gun may then be used as an ordinary breech-loader until it is desired to use it as a repeater. Then the slides may be opened to -iire alternately or to tire all from one magazine. The front or rear magazine being opened, a cartridge is forced up the front or rear part of the irregular incline and under the extracting-hook and drawn or pushed into position by the bolt to enter the chamber, and being forced home the bolt is turned down and the sear released and the cartridge discharged. The sear Q is released only when bolt-lever E is turned down. The boltlever is then turned up and the gun is cocked by the same movement, and thus the point of the firing-pin is removed from the primer of the exploded cartridge. The bolt being now forced back extracts the shell, said extraction being made certain by the pressure of the beveled extracting-hook into the beveled recess in the chamber.

That I cla-im as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A sear pivoted at one end and provided with a ring through which cartridges pass to and from the magazine in the stock of the fire-arm, a detent extending from the under side and rear of said ring for arresting the succeeding cartridges while the preceding one is being discharged and its shell extracted, and the top of said ring being adapted to engage in cocking-notches in the under side ot' the bolt-pin, said gear and its actuating parts `being made in one solid piece.

2. The combination of a combined sear and ring through which cartridges pass to and from the magazine in the stock of a tire-arm, a detent projecting from the rear and under side of said ring for arresting the movement of the succeeding cartridges in the magazine until the preceding one is discharged and it-s Shell extracted, the top of said ring being adapted to engage in cocking-notches in the under side of the bolt-pin, with an independent trigger, which, by its independent action, permits the detent in the rear of the ring to positively obstruct the forward movement of the cartridges until relieved by said trigger.

3. In the herein-described magazine firearm, the combination of the magazine in the stock of said ire-arm, and the actuatingspring therein, with a sear and ring through which the cartridges pass to and from said magazine, the extension or detent on the rear of said :ring for arresting the forward .movement of the cartridge while each preceding one is being discharged from the fire-arm, the top of said ring being adapted to engage in cooking-notches in the under side of the bolt-pin, and the independent trigger engaging and operating said sear.

4. In combination with -a iire-arm, a magazine extending from the butt to the muzzle thereof, and being provided with an actuating-spring in the extreme ends, while the central portion of the magazine terminates in the double inclined plane, the apex of which terminates beneath and wit-hin the plane ot` the under side of the reciprocating breechbolt, whereby the cartridges from either magazine can be forced by their respective springs up the inclines when the breech-bolt is retracted in alignment with the bore of the barrel of said tire-arm.

5. In combination with a double magazine the entire length of the tire-arm, provided with actuating-springs in the extreme-ends, While the inner ends terminate by means of a double incline in an aligning cartridge-chamber, through which the breech-bolt reciprocates, the two slide-plates which,when in po- "sition, arrest alternatingly the forward and backward movement of the cartridges in their respective magazines at the will of the operator while the tire-arm is being discharged.

G. In a magazine fire-arm, the combination of a front and rear cartridge-magazine having terminal inclined planes terminating in an apex in the plane of the aligning chamber and beneath and Within the plane of the under side of the reciprocating breech-bolt, the deten t-slides to r opening and closing alternately the ingress to said aligning chamber, whereby the cartridges can be forced alternately from their respective magazines up their respective inclines into the aligning chamber and forced by the breech-bolt into the bore of the barrel, thereby eqnalizing the diminishing weight of said magazine lire-arm while in use.

CHARLES PIERRE NEWTON WEA'IIIERBY.

Vitnesses:

FRANCIS T. GRiBBINs, JAMES M. TULLY.

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